3 year old girl playing at daycare while wearing a protective face mask to protect from the transfer of germs during phase 2 of reopening during COVID-19.
Marie (not pictured) works with 3-year-olds.
  • Marie is a childcare worker in Georgia, where she makes $15 an hour to teach 3-year-olds.
  • She lives with four roommates and lived with family until recently because of high housing costs.
  • She said that many childcare workers don't make enough to live on, leading to staffing shortages.

Marie wants people to know that her job isn't just sitting around and playing with kids all day.

A childcare worker, Marie works with 3-year-olds at a Montessori school in Georgia. Although she loves her work, her days are intense.